Chapter IV - Sister Lucia's Mission

As we said before, at the time of the second apparition, when Lucia asked to be taken to heaven together with her cousins, Our Lady answered: "Yes, I shall take Jacinta and Francisco soon, but you will remain here for some time yet. Jesus wishes to use you in order to make me known and loved. He wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world".

These words clearly indicate that Lucia, aside from being the trustee of the secrets revealed by Our Lady, would remain on this earth to carry out a specific mission.

We should recall that during the first apparition, on 13 May, Our Lady announced: "I have come to ask you to come here for six months in succession on the thirteenth of each month at this same hour. Later I will tell you who I am and what I want. Afterward, I will return here a seventh time".

Therefore, a seventh apparition of Our Lady would take place at Cova da Iria. When? What might Our Lady wish to communicate or show to mankind?

Whatever it may be, it seems reasonable to believe that it will once again fall upon Sister Lucia to be the confidante of Our Lady at Cova da Iria.

Consequently, this is one of the great expectations of the Fatima story, unless this seventh apparition has already occurred secretly.